Microsoft 365 for Partners
Fall 2020
cloudpartners.transform.microsoft.com
“Content Management” is the phrase that comes to mind with this project. Microsoft approach us to develop a custom template to house existing content for their partners. While there was standardization it wasn’t equally applied. For example, some sections had many links and videos and copy while others had very little. Our small team delivered a framework to accommodate the various forms of information in a more standardized manner.
The problem
Content creators didn’t have a framework to present resources. Readers of the site had troubles browsing the content
My role
Interaction design, Information architecture, content management, branding, developer support
Previous site example
The pink boxes are an example of our component analysis.
We analyzed the site to identify different patterns we can build standardized components around.
Template exploration
Events template
Generic, yes but it’s a template in its purest form
And alas the template in action you can also see the live site at cloudpartners.transform.microsoft.com
Impact
Happy client!
The site is updated with the current brand guidelines
The framework decreased the time spent on content formatting by 60%
Readers of the site stayed longer because they found what they were looking for faster